Lightroom Preset and Photoshop Action Recipe for High Texture Photographs

Lightroom Preset and Photoshop Action Recipe for High Texture Photographs

Alright serious and aspiring photographers, today we’re getting down to the nitty gritty details of using Lightroom presets and Photoshop actions to create highly texturized images. After returning from WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) convention this year, I was struck again by how highly valued and esteemed the images were that were composites with [...]

How to Develop Your Photographers Eye (D176)

How to Develop Your Photographers Eye (D176)

Want to see images in a new way? To develop a photographer’s eye? Or perhaps break out of a rut in your photography? Maybe you just need a kick in the seat of the pants to get you motivated again. Earlier this year, while attending and speaking at SPA, Senior Portrait Artists, I picked up [...]

D93: Some Old-Fashioned Goodness

D93: Some Old-Fashioned Goodness

I have had this candle since I was in elementary school. I only bring it out for the Christmas season and I rarely light it, usually just once a year. Then I turn off all the lights, listen to Christmas music, and enjoy the childhood memory. When I was young, I loved Holly Hobbie. Yes, [...]

Whatever Works…

Whatever Works…

Clearly I picked a temperamental blog with its own personality. For some reason beyond my understanding, this blog does not want to allow comments on the 8th post. So instead of continuing to fight it at 1 am in the morning, I decided to follow my husband’s timely advice to just create a duplicate post. However, [...]